History Series / RobinOfSherwood

** While Richard Carpenter deserves credit for giving Marion back her street-cred (she was quite the {{Badass}} in the old ballads, before Hollywood got hold of her and turned her into a DamselInDistress) by making her a useful and skilled member of the outlaws, she also goes through an ''awful'' lot of bondage and brainwashing in his scripts.

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** While Richard Carpenter deserves credit for giving Marion back her street-cred (she was quite the {{Badass}} badass in the old ballads, before Hollywood got hold of her and turned her into a DamselInDistress) by making her a useful and skilled member of the outlaws, she also goes through an ''awful'' lot of bondage and brainwashing in his scripts.

-->''In the days of the Lion spawned of the Devil's Brood, the Hooded Man shall come to the forest. There he will meet Herne the Hunter, Lord of the Trees, and be his son and do his bidding. The Powers of Light and Darkness shall be strong within him. And the guilty shall tremble.''

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-->''In ->''In the days of the Lion spawned of the Devil's Brood, the Hooded Man shall come to the forest. There he will meet Herne the Hunter, Lord of the Trees, and be his son and do his bidding. The Powers of Light and Darkness shall be strong within him. And the guilty shall tremble.''

The series spawned the usual 1980s set of [[SpinOff Spin-Offs]], including a three volume novelisation by the original TV creator Richard Carpenter, which covered the whole series except for the third-season episodes that he didn't write, and a ''Robin Of Sherwood'' TextAdventure video game by Adventuresoft for various eight-bit home computers.

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The series spawned the usual 1980s set of [[SpinOff Spin-Offs]], including a three volume novelisation by the original TV creator Richard Carpenter, which covered the whole series except for the third-season episodes that he didn't write, and a ''Robin Of Sherwood'' TextAdventure video game by Adventuresoft for various eight-bit home computers.computers. There were also two ''ChooseYourOwnAdventure'' books - ''The King's Demon'' and ''The Sword of the Templar''.

There were plans for a fourth series, but the production company ran out of money; there were several attempts up until 2010 to revive it, including plans for a movie and several attempts to pitch a new series to ITV, none of which came to anything. Robert Addie, who played Guy of Gisburne, died in 2003 and Richard Carpenter died in 2012. Still, many of the surviving cast were finally able to reunite in 2015 for [[http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-07-23/robin-of-sherwood-to-return-with-stars-jason-connery-ray-winstone-judi-trott-and-clive-mantle "The Knights of the Apocalypse",]] an audio drama based on an unfilmed script of Carpenter's. It was released in 2016.

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There were plans for a fourth series, but the production company ran out of money; there were several attempts up until 2010 to revive it, including plans for a movie and several attempts to pitch a new series to ITV, none of which came to anything. Robert Addie, who played Guy of Gisburne, died in 2003 and Richard Carpenter died in 2012. Still, many Still all of the surviving cast were finally able to reunite in 2015 for [[http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-07-23/robin-of-sherwood-to-return-with-stars-jason-connery-ray-winstone-judi-trott-and-clive-mantle "The Knights of the Apocalypse",]] an audio drama based on an unfilmed script of Carpenter's. It was released in 2016.

There were plans for a fourth series, but the production company ran out of money; there were several attempts up until 2010 to revive it, including plans for a movie and several attempts to pitch a new series to ITV, none of which came to anything. Robert Addie, who played Guy of Gisburne, died in 2003 and Richard Carpenter died in 2012. Still, many of the surviving Connery-era cast were finally able to reunite in 2015 for [[http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-07-23/robin-of-sherwood-to-return-with-stars-jason-connery-ray-winstone-judi-trott-and-clive-mantle "The Knights of the Apocalypse",]] an audio drama based on an unfilmed script of Carpenter's. It is due to be released in 2016.

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There were plans for a fourth series, but the production company ran out of money; there were several attempts up until 2010 to revive it, including plans for a movie and several attempts to pitch a new series to ITV, none of which came to anything. Robert Addie, who played Guy of Gisburne, died in 2003 and Richard Carpenter died in 2012. Still, many of the surviving Connery-era cast were finally able to reunite in 2015 for [[http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-07-23/robin-of-sherwood-to-return-with-stars-jason-connery-ray-winstone-judi-trott-and-clive-mantle "The Knights of the Apocalypse",]] an audio drama based on an unfilmed script of Carpenter's. It is due to be was released in 2016.

[[quoteright:320:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/robin_of_sherwood_third_season_cast.jpg]] [[caption-width-right:320:Third season cast. From left to right Much, Nasir, John, Robert of Huntingdon, Will, Tuck (Marion not pictured)]]

* TheOldConvict: The nameless insane old prisoner in the dungeon of Nottingham Castle, who constantly refuses to join in escape plans because he doesn't want to leave his pet rat Arthur. He was initially created as a plot device for one episode, but became an EnsembleDarkhorse.

* TheOldConvict: The nameless insane old prisoner in the dungeon of Nottingham Castle, who constantly refuses to join in escape plans because he doesn't want to leave his pet rat Arthur. He was initially created as a plot device for one episode, but became an EnsembleDarkhorse.

* BowsVsCrossbows: The series unusually has a clear moral distinction between the two weapons - the heroes constantly use longbows while anybody who uses a crossbow, almost without exception, will be evil. This is almost certainly because of historical associations, where longbows are seen as the iconic "English" weapon, while crossbows are for sneaky foreigners.

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* BowsVsCrossbows: BowsVersusCrossbows: The series unusually has paints a clear moral distinction between the two weapons - the heroes constantly use longbows while anybody two. '''Anyone''' who uses a crossbow, crossbow is evil, almost without exception, will be evil. exception (Marian once grabs up a crossbow in a melee to shoot Gisburne with). This is almost certainly because of historical associations, where longbows are seen as due to the iconic "English" weapon, long tradition of the longbow as a symbol of English military might and righteousness, while crossbows are for sneaky foreigners.for, eew, '''French''' people.

* GoodWeaponEvilWeapon: '''Anyone''' who uses a crossbow in this series is evil, almost without exception (Marian once grabs up a crossbow in a melee to shoot Gisburne with). This is due to the long tradition of the longbow as a symbol of English military might and righteousness, while crossbows are for, eew, '''French''' people.

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